Ben Welden

Actor Jun 12 (died age 96) Toledo, Ohio, USA 1930–1966 (36 year career)

5.7 avg rating

Highest Rated

I Love Lucy

1951 · as Thief (uncredited)

7.9

The Jack Benny Program

1950 · as Gangster

7.8

The Big Sleep

1946 · as Pete (uncredited)

7.6

Known For

Film

The Big Sleep

Pete (uncredited)

Film

The Roaring Twenties

Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)

Film

The Strawberry Blonde

Reluctant Convict Dental Patient (uncredited)

Film

All Through the Night

Smitty

Film

Marked Woman

Charlie Delaney

Film

Kid Galahad

Buzz Barett

Film

Night Passage

Pete (uncredited)

Film

Hollywood or Bust

Boss

Filmography

Acting (179)

Movies (149)

The Crooked Circle

1957

as Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Spook Chasers

as Henchman Ziggie

Night Passage

as Pete (uncredited)

Hollywood or Bust

as Boss

Hidden Guns

as Ben Peabody

Adventures of Captain Africa

1955

as Omar

6.0

Killers from Space

1954

as Tar Baby 2 Pilot (bit)

3.7

Thunder Bay

1953

as Fisherman (uncredited)

6.1

The Veils of Bagdad

1953

as Stout Wrestler (uncredited)

All Ashore

as Hugo - Bartender

Three Dark Horses

as Jim Digger

The Awful Sleuth

as Memphis Mike

The Lemon Drop Kid

as Singing Solly

Tales of Robin Hood

as Friar Tuck

Rhubarb

as Oily Moe - Bookie (uncredited)

5.3

The Lady and the Bandit

as Barkeep in Pub

My True Story

as Buzz Edwards

On the Isle of Samoa

as Nick Leach

The Jackie Robinson Story

1950

as Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)

Buccaneer's Girl

as Tom

The Desert Hawk

as Mokar

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

as Sam (uncredited)

Impact

as Moving Van Helper

Sorrowful Jones

as Big Steve's Bodyguard

6.2

The Threat

1949

as Tony Anzio (uncredited)

Tough Assignment

as Sniffy

Mary Ryan, Detective

as Sammy

Search for Danger

as Gregory

Fighting Fools

1949

as Lefty Conlin

5.0

Tell It to the Judge

1949

as Augie (uncredited)

6.3

A Song Is Born

1948

as Monte

6.3

Appointment with Murder

1948

as Martin Minecci

4.8

My Dear Secretary

1948

as Bookie (uncredited)

5.9

Here Comes Trouble

1948

as Rankin (uncredited)

4.6

Smart Girls Don't Talk

1948

as Nelson Clark

5.5

The Noose Hangs High

1948

as Stewart (uncredited)

6.8

Jinx Money

1948

as Benny the Meatball

4.8

Lady at Midnight

1948

as Willie Gold

Killer Dill

1947

as Big Nick Moronie

5.0

Little Miss Broadway

1947

as Cash Monahan

Sinbad the Sailor

1947

as Commoner (uncredited)

The Pretender

as Mickie

Blackmail

as Bartender

Too Many Winners

as Gil Madden / Theodore Ross

Heading for Heaven

as Sam

Angel on My Shoulder

as Shaggsy (uncredited)

6.5

The Last Crooked Mile

as Haynes, a thug

The Big Sleep

as Pete (uncredited)

Mr. Hex

as Bull Laguna (as Ben Weldon)

6.7

The Man I Love

1946

as Jack Atlas (uncredited)

6.1

Midnight Manhunt

1945

as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)

4.5

Circumstantial Evidence

as Kenny

It's in the Bag!

as Monty

The Missing Corpse

as "Slippery Joe" Clary

The Desert Hawk

as Omar, the Beggar

Shadows in the Night

as Nick Kallus

The Fighting Seabees

as Yump Lumkin

Here Comes Elmer

as Louis Burch

All Through the Night

as Smitty

Bullet Scars

as Pills Davis

Stand by for Action

as Chief Quartermaster Rankin

6.8

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942

as Percy Podd

6.5

Secrets of the Underground

1942

as Henchman Joe (uncredited)

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

1942

as Fisherman

5.2

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

1941

as Moxie Karper

5.0

Dangerously They Live

1941

as Eddie, Nazi Henchman

Knockout

as Pelky

Manpower

as Al Hurst

Mr. District Attorney

1941

as Monk Westman

5.4

The Strawberry Blonde

1941

as Reluctant Convict Dental Patient (uncredited)

Men of Boys Town

as Superintendent

I'll Wait for You

as Dr. Anderson

Strange Alibi

as Fido Durkin

At the Stroke of Twelve

as Babe Summers

Wolf of New York

as Owney McGill

The Earl of Chicago

as Silky's Driver (uncredited)

Passport to Alcatraz

as Bender

City for Conquest

as Cobb

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

as Lefty Shores

Tear Gas Squad

as Sully

South of Pago Pago

as Grimes

Rose of Washington Square

1939

as Toby

5.8

The Roaring Twenties

1939

as Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)

Boys' Reformatory

as Mike Hearn

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Agent

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Jenks

I Was a Convict

as Rocks Henry

Sergeant Madden

as Stemmy

Stand Up and Fight

as Foreman

The Star Maker

as Joe Gimlick

The Night Hawk

1938

as Otto Miller

Happy Landing

as Rink Manager

Mystery House

as Gerald Frawley

Straight, Place and Show

as Promoter

Federal Man-Hunt

as Goldie

Breakdowns of 1938

as Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.7

The Saint in New York

1938

as Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff

Gateway

as Motorboat Man

Smashing the Rackets

as Whitey Clark

Tenth Avenue Kid

as Marty Dayton

Always Goodbye

as 1st New York Taxi Driver

Crime Ring

as Nate

Little Orphan Annie

as Spot McGee

Prison Nurse

as Gaffney

The Great Barrier

as Joe

Marked Woman

as Charlie Delaney

The Duke Comes Back

as Barney

Alcatraz Island

as Richard 'Red' Carroll

Kid Galahad

as Buzz Barett

Love and Hisses

as Bugsy

That Certain Woman

1937

as Headwaiter Harry Aqueilli (uncredited)

Confession

as Defense Attorney

Varsity Show

as Hammer

Love Is on the Air

as 'Nicey' Ferguson

Back in Circulation

as Sam Sherman

Missing Witnesses

as Wagner

Westbound Mail

as Steve Hickman

She Knew What She Wanted

1936

as Chester

Admirals All

1935

as Adolph Klotz

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

1935

as Ted Balding

5.2

Annie, Leave the Room!

1935

as Raisins

Death on the Set

1935

as Freshman

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

1935

as Boas 'Sailor' Hoffman

5.3

Come Out of the Pantry

1935

as The Tramp

The Big Splash

1935

as Crook

Alibi Inn

1935

as Saunders

Gay Love

1934

as Ben

The Black Abbot

as Charlie Marsh

Aunt Sally

as Casino

The Medium

as Deval

The Fire Raisers

1934

as Bellini - Stedding's Henchman

5.0

The Man Who Changed His Name

as Jerry Muller

Their Night Out

as Crook

The Pride of the Force

1933

as Tony Carlotti

Send 'Em Back Half Dead

1933

as Mustapha

Mannequin

1933

as Chris Dempson

The Medicine Man

1933

as Joe Garbel

Born Lucky

1933

as Harriman

This Is the Life

1933

as Two Gun Mullins

Puppets of Fate

1933

His Grace Gives Notice

1933

as Michael Collier

The Innocents of Chicago

1932

as Spike Guinan

Tin Gods

1932

as Cyrus P. Schroeder

His Lordship

1932

as Washington Roosevelt Lincoln

7.0

77 Park Lane

1931

as Sinclair

Who Killed Doc Robin?

1931

Big Business

1930

as Fenchurch

The Man from Chicago

1930

as Ted

Aliens from Space

as Pilot

Television (30)

Batman

as Foo Yung

Branded

as Vega

The Lucy Show

as Mr. Cooper

Mister Ed

as First Man

Surfside 6

as Joe Bundy

Angel

as Phil

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Police Chief

77 Sunset Strip

as Benny Hayt

The Gale Storm Show

as Muggsy

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Matinee Theater

Navy Log

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Lassie

as Delivery Man

Public Defender

as Dominick

The Lone Wolf

as Murry Fitch

Adventures Of The Falcon

Topper

as Howard

Adventures of Superman

1952

as Curley

6.6

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952

as Gaston - Restaurant Manager

Mr. & Mrs. North

The Red Skelton Show

as Big Bill's henchman #1

7.4

I Love Lucy

1951

as Thief (uncredited)

7.9

Dragnet

1951

6.4

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Boston Blackie

as Slugs

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Gangster

7.8

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

as Lefty

The Gene Autry Show

as Baldy Carter

The Lone Ranger

as Carlos Marina